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xiashtra 03d949abaf 7.45 follow-up (#99)
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* 7.45 follow-up
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10TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_SEQ_00Lilja appears lost in thought, but you are certain there is only one thing on her mind.
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2524TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_TODO_00Investigate the designated location.
2625TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_TODO_01Investigate the designated location.
2726TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_TODO_02Speak with Lilja.
2827TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_TODO_03Speak with Lilja.
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4948TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_SYSTEM_100_000A Resistance rank of UNKNOWN is required to proceed with this quest.
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5150TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_000Listen, Player. I don't want to get your hopes up, but I think I know how to find Mikoto.
5251TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_001You said Misija waited until after the crystal focus had absorbed aether from the area before making off with it and Mikoto, right?
5352TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_002Well, if we can use this equipment to trace the aetherial signature of the charged crystal focus, maybe it will lead us to Mikoto too. That's assuming, of course, they're being kept in the same place.
5453TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_003We're going to want to cover the entire southern front, and for that, at least two more sensors need to be set up out there. Think you're up to it?
5554TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_004I found two spots that should give us maximum coverage. Here, let me mark them on your map. I know it's a long shot, but we have to try...right?
5655TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_005Gods, I hope this works...
5756TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_030(-Lilja-)All set? Then I'll start up the remote scanner.
5857TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_035(-Lilja-)That should do it. One more, and with any luck we'll track down the crystal focus and Mikoto.
5958TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_040(-Lilja-)Perfect! Come back to base, and I'll see if I can't track down the crystal focus.
6059TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_060(-Lilja-)All set? Then I'll start up the remote scanner.
6160TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_065(-Lilja-)That should do it. One more, and with any luck we'll track down the crystal focus and Mikoto.
6261TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_070(-Lilja-)Perfect! Come back to base, and I'll see if I can't track down the crystal focus.
6362TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_100...Ah. You're back.
6463TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_Q1_000_100What will you say?
6564TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_A1_000_100Trouble tracking down the crystal focus?
6665TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_A2_000_100What's wrong? Do we need another sensor?
6766TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_105No. No, everything went according to plan. I managed to locate the crystal focus.
6867TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_106The thing is...
6968TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MARSHAK_000_107It is as we feared. The crystal focus is being held at the castrum.
7069TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_108Makes sense when you think about it, what with it being the enemy's main stronghold and all. Sorry for wasting your time out there, Player.
7170TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MARSHAK_000_109Nonsense, Lilja. For all we knew, the focus could have very well been moved to Dalmasca.
7271TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MARSHAK_000_110But thanks to you and Blade , we have removed all doubt as to its whereabouts.
7372TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_111That's true, I suppose.
7473TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MARSHAK_000_112The reason for Misija's betrayal yet eludes us, but the Garleans are not like to understand how to make use of the crystal focus. Not without assistance.
7574TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MARSHAK_000_113Meaning Mikoto is, in all likelihood, being held at the castrum as well.
7675TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_114Then there's still a chance to save her...
7776TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_SYSTEM_000_299Meanwhile, at Castrum Lacus Litore...
7877TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_300Yes, over there.
7978TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_301<groan>
8079TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_302Misija...? Where...?
8180TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_303You're going to answer a few questions for me. We can start with how you are able to glimpse into the future.
8281TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_304Misija... Why? Why are you helping the Empire?
8382TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_305I'm the one asking the questions here. Now answer!
8483TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_306No. Not until you tell me why.
8584TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_307I don't think you understand your situation here. Or are you truly that naive?
8685TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_308Is it for power? Renown? Have you always been on their side?
8786TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_309I know you, Misija. You're a woman of conviction, and you wouldn't do something like this without good reason.
8887TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_310If you know me as well as you say, I would hazard you already have the answer.
8988TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_311...You would truly place your faith in Noah van Gabranth?
9089TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_312I've read about him and his father, the famed knights from the Republic of Landis. They say he was a man of vision.
9190TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_313He was made legatus of the IVth Imperial Legion, and from what intelligence I could gather, he pays no heed to the race, parentage, or creed of his followers.
9291TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_314And that same impartial judgment extends to the provinces under his control, if I am not mistaken. Havens for those seeking a life free of prejudice and hate.
9392TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_315But do you truly believe equality can be found under an imperial standard?
9493TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_316My, my. The dutiful bookworm *can* read between the lines. Perhaps I gave you too little credit.
9594TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_317I can but posit theories and conjecture, for I will never truly know of the indignity your family suffered. Nor can I speak on the alarming disparity between the nobles and commoners, even before Bozja succumbed to imperial rule.
9695TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_100_317As I understand, it was a country where the needs of the few outweighed those of the many. The wealthy were free to forge their own futures, while the poor were free only to die should they fail in their daily struggle to survive.
9796TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_101_317And even if some few nobles were opposed to the nation being governed by an oligarchy, their peers would never relinquish their power and wealth for the greater good.
9897TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_102_317While that Bozja is no more, I realize there are those among the Resistance who yearn for the halcyon days of their forebears, who would judge you based on your lineage rather than the content of your character.
9998TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_103_317Their voices are but echoes of a reprehensible past. You should understand better than anyone the future Bajsaljen and Marsak mean to build, a way forward paved with dignity and equality. Times change, Misija. People change.
10099TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_318No, people don't change. They only fool themselves into believing they can.
101100TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_319I was ridiculed, marginalized, treated like an “other.” By the mere virtue of being highborn theirs was the righteous path, mine the immoral.
102101TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_320Bajsaljen and Marsak claim they want to put an end to the discrimination, but there is no escaping their true nature.
103102TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_321Their hatred must be driven out with force.
104103TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_322Would putting your faith in them be such a terrible thing?
105104TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_323Oh, if you knew the depths of their malice. Their treachery.
106105TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_324Perhaps I should tell you the tragedy of Queen Gunnhildr, and the great betrayal of her followers.
107106TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_325I'm sure you've heard the legends of Save the Queen.
108107TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_326The blessed blade that could only be wielded by Queen Gunnhildr. Yes, I've heard the tales.
109108TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_327When her kingdom came under attack during the Fourth Umbral Calamity, she brought the full might of the blade to bear to save her people, and in so doing, gave her own life.
110109TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_328A bittersweet end to her reign, but I fail to see what that has to do with anything.
111110TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_329Before the Fourth Umbral Calamity, Gunnhildr's Blades foresaw their coming doom. As the kingdom's acting political body, they saw it as their duty to save their people at any cost, and so devised a plan to save Bozja using the power of the holy blade.
112111TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_330The queen's body would serve as a conduit for the blade's power, allowing them to summon a god.
113112TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_331No... You don't mean...?
114113TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_332A primal summoning, yes. Though perhaps it would be more fitting to call it an eikon. The blade was, after all, originally a relic stolen from the Allagans.
115114TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_333An eikon...heavens forfend.
116115TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_334There was one problem, however. The queen knew that, once she took in the power of this god, there would be no turning back. She was a coward, and despite her duty to protect the people, she chose her own life over theirs.
117116TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_335Yet Gunnhildr's Blades would not see their efforts come to naught. For they soon realized the sacrifice need not be the presently reigning queen. Nor did they need to be of noble blood.
118117TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_336And so a lowborn shrine maiden was chosen to ascend the throne. Obedient to a fault, she did not hesitate to give her life to forestall the coming Calamity.
119118TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_337Would that this tragic tale end there, but I'm afraid it takes a rather bloody turn.
120119TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_338You see, despite sacrificing herself to save Bozja, the new queen did not die, nor was she consumed by the eikon's power.
121120TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_339There was a woman of Ishgard, Ysayle, capable of such a feat. But to embrace the power of the eikon and retain her sense of self...that would mean this queen possessed the Echo.
122121TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_340And her power struck fear into the hearts of Gunnhildr's Blades, for a god now walked among them.
123122TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_341But rather than the puppet the Blades had wished for, she was pure and free, and for that, she was slain.
124123TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_342The Blades would not─could not─risk her discovering the truth of her ascension. That she was but a sacrificial lamb to save their highborn brethren.
125124TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_343They claimed the queen had gone mad, drunk with the god's power, leaving them no choice but to slay her. She was then buried, along with the blade, and the truth.
126125TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_344Where did you hear this?
127126TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_345Let's just say it's a bit of family history.
128127TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_346Now, answer my question─how are you able to see the future?
129128TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MIKOTO_000_347I... I don't know. I've never been able to use it of my own volition.
130129TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_MEESIYA_000_348I suppose it doesn't matter. We'll drag it out of you soon enough.
131130TEXT_LUCKSA110_03950_LILJA_000_400Just thinking about what they might be doing to Mikoto, I... I... Please, you have to save her!